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An online space for insightful writing on contemporary art and artistsMon, 29 Jun 2015 20:44:13 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Cairo in Context | Alluring Archives: On Memory, Omission, and Research in an Unstable Region | Art21 Bloghttp://blog.art21.org/2012/01/27/cairo-in-context-one-year-later-the-myth-of-art-in-the-arab-spring/comment-page-1/#comment-40433
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:56:31 +0000http://blog.art21.org/?p=56045#comment-40433[…] history and archival research has been dramatically foregrounded. Of course, as I discussed in my last column, working on something like art history can feel disturbingly self-indulgent in these times of […]
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:04:41 +0000http://blog.art21.org/?p=56045#comment-40056Great article. I tend to agree with the position that art is not important when a whole nation is rising (contrary to various claims by the Art World), though I worry about the similar claims made by old and new media (as in The Media), in their role. After all they are the ones who profit the most from topical events.
~ Alex Gibson

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